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' GEORGE B. REED, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALFRED T.

KIRKLAND, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

BOX'

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct, 6, 1908. y

Application led October 23, 1907. Serial No. 398,704.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BREED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in theV county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boxes, of which the folloiw. ing is a specification. l

This invention relates to a box which is more particularly designed for packing cigars but which may also be used for other purposes,

The object of this invention is to produce a box which is strong and durable in con, struction and of low ycost and in which the body is constructed of paper Ior similar; material which may be finished more or less, if desired, with a sheathing of wood veneer or lpaperprinted in imitation of wood or other material. v

In the accompanying drawings consisting of 2 sheets: Figure l is a perspective' View of a blankffrom which-the body of my improved box is formed. F igs.' 2, 3, 4 and- 5 are similar views showing this blank in different stage of the folding operation` whereby the same is converted into the box. Figs. 6 and 'l' are vertical longitudinal and cross sections, respectively, of my improved box showing the body providedwith a lid and the outer sides of the body and lid and the inner side of the lid provided with a finished sheathing. y

Similar letters ot reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The body of my improved box in its pre`- ferred form comprises a vbottom A, two Side bottom consists preferably of a single ply.A Eachof the side walls 4consists Aont an 'outer plyb connected at its lower endv to the ad jacent side of the bottom-and an inner'ply b1 connected at its upper end with the adjacent end ot' the companion outer ply. The end walls each consists 'of anyouter plycv connected at its lower end with the adjacent end of the bottom, an intermediate ply com? posed ot two sections` c1, c1 which meet'at their opposing inner ends while their .outer ends are connected respectivelywith the adjacent-ends of the outer plies oiboth side wallsand an inner ply also'composed of two sections 02,02, whichmeet at vtheir inner ends while their outer endsare connected with,

the adjacent ends of both inner plies of thc side walls.

ln Fig. l, is shown the hat blank from.

which the bodv .is forn'ied and which is cut from a sheet o ,paper or other suitable material of the desired thickness. ln this blank the outerplies of the side walls are arranged lengthwise on opposite sides of the .bottom walls are arranged in the corners between the inner, side wall plies and the sections of the intermediate plies of the end walls. This blank is providedwith four longitudinal scorings c, e, el, e1 and with two transverse scoring-s f, f along the connected meeting edges of theseveral parts4 of the blank to permit of folding the same readily and with four longitudinal slits g, g between the outer andnintermediate plies of theend walls.

to permit of lapping the sectional end plies a ainst the inner sides of the integral outer .p ies of said end walls.

In forming this box the inner plies of the side and end wallsv along opposite longitudinal edges of the blank are first folded on the soorlngs e, e inwardly over the outer plies ofthe side walls and the intermediate plies of the end walls, as showndn Fig. 2. The doubled longitudinal portions of the blank are now turned upwardly `on the scorings el, e1 at right angles to the bottom ply and outer end plies, as shown in Fig. 3. Then the doubled sections of the inner and -intermediate plies ot the end walls are bent toward each other at right angles to the side walls so that vthe sectional plies at corresponding ends of the box moet at their inner opposing ends, as shown in Fig. '4. The

outer plies of the end walls are then turned upwardly against the outer sides of the sections 'of the intermediate plies of the end walls, as shown in Fig.' 5, whereby the folding operation of the body of the box is completed. The several parts of the box body areisecured in this'position by means of glue or other suitable means so as to hold 

